Genesis 15:8
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
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And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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Genesis 24:2Abraham said to his servant, the one who was the oldest of his household and who was in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh
Judges 6:17Gideon said to him, “If you are pleased with me, then give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me.
1 Samuel 14:9If they say to us, 'Wait there until we come over to you'—then we will stay in our place and will not cross over to them.
Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of your favor. 1 Then those who hate me will see it and be put to shame 1 because you, Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.
Jeremiah 34:18Then I will deal with the people who have broken my covenant, who did not keep the words of the covenant that they established before me when they cut a bull in two and walked between its parts,
Luke 1:18Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know this? For I am an old man and my wife is very old.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:8-12
7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God , whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls… Read the whole commentary →